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The Repository
Newspaper in Canton, Ohio
The Repository is an American daily local newspaper serving the Canton, Ohio area. It is currently owned by Gannett and is part of the USA TODAY Network.[5]The Repository is the oldest continuously run business in Stark County, the oldest continuously published newspaper in Ohio and (as of 2015) the 11th oldest in the U.S.[6]
History
Historically, the newspaper had strong Republican connections, most notably with President William McKinley, who was married to Ida Saxton McKinley, the granddaughter of the paper's founder.[7] The paper eventually changed names from The Ohio Repository to The Canton Repository then to The Repository, currently interchanging the latter two.[4]
The Canton Daily News acquisition
The Repository purchased The Canton Daily News in 1927, the year after the gangland assassination of its editor Don Mellett.[11] Months before it was purchased,